Image: the Children’s Commissioner The Yorkshire Party has welcomed the report from the Children’s Commissioner that highlights the differences in attainment between school kids in the North, including Yorkshire, and their counterparts in the South. Leader of the Yorkshire Party, Stewart Arnold said: “”We are naturally delighted that Children’s […]
Monthly archives: March 2018
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The Yorkshire Party has outlined a radical change in transport policy for the county, involving a single authority to plan, manage and operate transport under the control of the Yorkshire Parliament. The proposal – now published as a consultation document – is for an integrated transport system, designed […]
Image: The Electoral Commission Responding to today’s (March 20, 2018) Electoral Commission decision to levy a variable monetary penalty on the party, Stewart Arnold , Leader of the Yorkshire Party, explained: “Last year, a member of the Yorkshire Party’s Executive Committee with responsibility for the party’s financial reporting fell ill. […]
This scene is typical of so many people’s journeys around Yorkshire: over-crowded trains, expensive buses and miles of tailbacks on the county’s roads. As a result our economy suffers. But this is not new. Successive governments, of all colours, have neglected Yorkshire’s transport infrastructure, instead spending billions of pounds in […]
Mick Bower The Yorkshire Party will be campaigning in central Sheffield tomorrow (Saturday, March 17) as part of their “lift-off”for the mayoral election in May. Mick Bower, the Party’s Mayoral candidate for the Sheffield City Region , will be joined by leader, Stewart Arnold, and party members and supporters at […]
Dan Jarvis Picture: Labour One of the hopefuls in the race to become Labour’s candidate in May’s Sheffield City Region Mayoral contest has included ‘Humberside’ in his map on his campaign website, which has caused much derision amongst Yorkshire folk. Terry Walls, chair of the local East […]
Party leader Stewart Arnold has urged members to attend the Party’s Spring Conference in Sheffield at the weekend. Guest speaker at the conference on Saturday, March 17 will be Richard Morris, author of Yorkshire: A Lyrical History of England’s Greatest County. Richard, an archaeologist and historian, recently featured on BBC […]
Matt Clover The latest Yorkshire Party member to take his seat in local government is Matt Clover, who has been co-opted on to Barwick Parish Council in Leeds. Matt joins several Yorkshire party members serving on the important first rung of local government including: Wayne Chadburn on Penistone Town Council, […]